diff --git a/src/mormot.commit.inc b/src/mormot.commit.inc
index 4d06ae3a7..77b781a81 100644
--- a/src/mormot.commit.inc
+++ b/src/mormot.commit.inc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-'2.0.4281'
+'2.0.4282'
diff --git a/src/orm/mormot.orm.base.pas b/src/orm/mormot.orm.base.pas
index f0f1c0491..d79926b67 100644
--- a/src/orm/mormot.orm.base.pas
+++ b/src/orm/mormot.orm.base.pas
@@ -6509,7 +6509,7 @@ procedure TOrmPropInfoRttiVariant.CopySameClassProp(Source: TObject;
 var
   value: Variant;
 begin
-  fPropInfo.GetVariantProp(Source, value, {byref=}true);
+  fPropInfo.GetVariantProp(Source, value, {byref=}false); // copy by value
   TOrmPropInfoRttiVariant(DestInfo).fPropInfo.SetVariantProp(Dest, value);
 end;